Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit

ABSTRACT

A terminal apparatus transmits a system information request to request transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI, and monitors the first piece of on-demand SI based on transmission of a system information request to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, the first piece of on-demand SI is monitored during a first window included in a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window is at least based on a transmission timing of a system information request to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the first window is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.

TECHNICAL FIELD

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a terminal apparatus,a base station apparatus, a communication method, and an integratedcircuit.

BACKGROUND ART

In the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a radio access methodfor 4th generation cellular mobile communications (hereinafter, referredto as “Long Term Evolution (LTE, trade name)”, or “Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA)”) has been standardized (NPL 1, 2, 3,4, 5).

In the 3GPP, a discussion about a radio access method for 5th generationcellular mobile communications (hereinafter, referred to as “NX”)started (NPL 6, 7). In the 3GPP, a method with which a base stationapparatus transmits NX system information has been discussed.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

-   NPL 1: “3GPP TS 36.211 V13.0.0 (2015-12)”, 6 Jan. 2016.-   NPL 2: “3GPP TS 36.212 V13.0.0 (2015-12)”, 6 Jan. 2016.-   NPL 3: “3GPP TS 36.213 V13.0.0 (2015-12)”, 6 Jan. 2016.-   NPL 4: “3GPP TS 36.321 V13.0.0 (2015-12)”, 14 Jan. 2016.-   NPL 5: “3GPP TS 36.331 V13.0.0 (2015-12)”, 7 Jan. 2016.-   NPL 6: “5G—key component of the Networked Society”, RWS-150009,    Ericsson, 3GPP RAN Workshop on 5G, Phoenix, USA, 17-18 Sep. 2015.-   NPL 7: “5G Views on Technology & Standardization”, RWS-150012,    Qualcomm, 3GPP RAN Workshop on 5G, Phoenix, USA, 17-18 Sep. 2015.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

An embodiment of the present invention provides a radio communicationsystem in which system information is efficiently transmitted, a basestation apparatus of the radio communication system, the base stationapparatus of the radio communication system, a communication method usedfor the terminal apparatus, a communication method used for the basestation apparatus, an integrated circuit mounted on the terminalapparatus, and an integrated circuit mounted on the base stationapparatus.

Solution to Problem

(1) According to some aspects of the present invention, the followingmeasures are provided. That is, a first aspect of the present inventionis a terminal apparatus that includes a transmitter for transmitting asystem information request to request transmission of a first piece ofon-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI, and a receiver formonitoring the first piece of on-demand SI based on transmission of asystem information request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, wherein the first piece of on-demand SI is monitoredduring a first window included in a monitoring window, a duration of themonitoring window is at least based on a transmission timing of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, and the first window is given at least based oninformation included in non-demand SI.

(2) A second aspect of the present invention is a base station apparatusthat includes a receiver for receiving a system information request torequest transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiplepieces of on-demand SI, and a transmitter for transmitting the firstpiece of on-demand SI based on reception of a system information requestto request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, wherein thefirst piece of on-demand SI is transmitted during a first windowincluded in a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window isat least based on a reception timing of a system information request torequest transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the firstwindow is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.

(3) A third aspect of the present invention is a communication methodused for a terminal apparatus, wherein the method includes transmittinga system information request to request transmission of a first piece ofon-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI, and monitoring thefirst piece of on-demand SI based on transmission of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, wherein the first piece of on-demand SI is monitoredduring a first window included in a monitoring window, a duration of themonitoring window is at least based on a transmission timing of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, and the first window is given at least based oninformation included in non-demand SI.

(4) A fourth aspect of the present invention is a communication methodused for a base station apparatus, wherein the method includes receivinga system information request to request transmission of a first piece ofon-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI, and transmitting thefirst piece of on-demand SI based on reception of a system informationrequest to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, thefirst piece of on-demand SI is transmitted during a first windowincluded in a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window isat least based on a reception timing of a system information request torequest transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the firstwindow is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.

(5) A fifth aspect of the present invention is an integrated circuitmounted in a terminal apparatus, wherein the integrated circuit includesa transmission circuit for transmitting a system information request torequest transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiplepieces of on-demand SI, and a reception circuit for monitoring the firstpiece of on-demand SI based on transmission of a system informationrequest to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, thefirst piece of on-demand SI is monitored during a first window includedin a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window is at leastbased on a transmission timing of a system information request torequest transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the firstwindow is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.

(6) A sixth aspect of the present invention is an integrated circuitmounted in a base station apparatus, wherein the integrated circuitincludes a reception circuit for receiving a system information requestto request transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiplepieces of on-demand SI, and a transmission circuit for transmitting thefirst piece of on-demand SI based on reception of a system informationrequest to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, thefirst piece of on-demand SI is transmitted during a first windowincluded in a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window isat least based on a reception timing of a system information request torequest transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the firstwindow is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to this invention, system information is effectivelytransmitted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a radio communication system accordingto the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of aradio frame according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a slotaccording to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a set of resources fortransmitting a system information request in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a procedure fora system information request in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a retransmissionprocess of the system information request in the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring window inthe present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of aterminal apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of abase station apparatus 3 according to the present embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a radio communication system accordingto the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a radio communication systemincludes a terminal apparatus 1A, a terminal apparatus 1B, a terminalapparatus 1C, and the base station apparatus 3. The base stationapparatus 3 may include a core network apparatus. The terminal apparatus1A, the terminal apparatus 1B, and the terminal apparatus 1C arecollectively referred to as a terminal apparatus 1.

A state of the terminal apparatus 1 may be changed from RRC_IDLE toRRC_CONNECTED by a connection establishment procedure. A state of theterminal apparatus 1 may be changed from RRC_CONNECTED to RRC_IDLE by aconnection release procedure.

The terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLE may select one cell with a cellselection procedure and camp on the selected one cell.

One or multiple serving cells may be configured for the terminalapparatus 1 in RRC_CONNECTED. A technology in which the terminalapparatus 1 communicates via multiple serving cells is referred to ascell aggregation or carrier aggregation. An embodiment of the presentinvention may be applied to each of the multiple serving cellsconfigured for the terminal apparatus 1. Furthermore, an embodiment ofthe present invention may be applied to some of the configured multipleserving cells. Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention maybe applied to each of groups of the configured multiple serving cells.Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention may be applied tosome of the groups of the configured multiple serving cells. In carrieraggregation, the configured multiple serving cells are also referred toas aggregated serving cells.

The configured multiple serving cells may include one primary cell andone or multiple secondary cells. The primary cell is a cell in which aninitial connection establishment procedure has been performed, a cell inwhich a connection re-establishment procedure has started, or a cellindicated as a primary cell in a handover procedure. At the point intime when a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection is established, orlater, a secondary cell may be configured.

A carrier corresponding to a serving cell in a downlink is referred toas a downlink component carrier. A carrier corresponding to a servingcell in an uplink is referred to as an uplink component carrier. Thedownlink component carrier and the uplink component carrier arecollectively referred to as a component carrier.

The terminal apparatus 1 can perform simultaneous transmission onmultiple physical channels/of multiple physical signals in the multipleserving cells (component carriers) to be aggregated. The terminalapparatus 1 can perform simultaneous reception on multiple physicalchannels/of multiple physical signals in the multiple serving cells(component carriers) to be aggregated.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of aradio frame according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, a horizontalaxis is a time axis.

Each of the radio frames may include ten contiguous subframes in a timedomain. Each subframe i may include two contiguous slots in the timedomain. The two contiguous slots in the time domain may be a slot havinga slot number n_(s) of 2i in the radio frame and a slot having a slotnumber n_(s) of 2i+1 in the radio frame respectively. Each of the radioframes may include ten contiguous subframes in the time domain. Each ofthe radio frames may include 20 contiguous slots (n_(s)=0, 1 . . . , 19)in the time domain. The configuration of the above-described radio framemay be applied to both the uplink and the downlink.

A configuration of the slot in the present embodiment will be describedbelow. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of theslot according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 illustrates aconfiguration of a slot in one serving cell. In FIG. 3, a horizontalaxis is a time axis, and a vertical axis is a frequency axis. In FIG. 3,1 is a symbol number/index, and k is a subcarrier number/index. Here, asymbol may be an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)symbol, or a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA)symbol. N_(sc) is a total number of subcarriers included in a cellbandwidth. N_(symb) is a total number of symbols included in one slot.N_(symb) may be given based on a subcarrier spacing.

A physical signal or a physical channel transmitted in each of the slotsis expressed by a resource grid. The resource grid is defined bymultiple subcarriers and multiple symbols. Each element within theresource grid is referred to as a resource element. A resource elementa_(k,1) is expressed by a subcarrier number/index k and a symbolnumber/index 1. That is, a resource for transmitting the physical signalor the physical channel may be expressed by the resource element.

The resource grid may be defined for each antenna port. In the presentembodiment, description is given for one antenna port. The presentembodiment may be applied to each of multiple antenna ports.

System information in the present embodiment will be described.

A Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer has a function for broadcastingsystem information. The system information may include (a) Non AccessStratum (NAS) common information, (b) information applicable to theterminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLE, (c) information applicable to theterminal apparatus 1 in RRC_CONNECTED, (d) information applicable toboth the terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLE and the terminal apparatus 1in RRC_CONNECTED, (e) an Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS)notification, and (f) a CommercialMobile Alert Service (CMAS)notification. The information applicable to the terminal apparatus 1 inRRC_IDLE may include a parameter for the cell selection procedure, aparameter for cell re-selection, and information of a neighbor cell. Theinformation applicable to the terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_CONNECTED andthe information applicable to both the terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLEand the terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_CONNECTED may include informationfor a channel configuration common to multiple terminal apparatuses 1.The ETWS notification and the CMAS notification may include informationfor indicating a warning type. The warning type may correspond to anearthquake or a tsunami.

The system information may be divided into multiple information blocks.The information block may be referred to as a Master Information Block(MIB) and a System Information Block (SIB). One or multiple informationblocks may be transmitted using a system information message.

Hereinafter, an example of the information block will be described.Multiple information blocks may include the following SI type A to SItype O. Information included in the following SI type A to SI type O maybe included in different information blocks. Information other than theinformation included in the following SI type A to SI type O may beincluded in any one of the following SI type A to SI type.

The SI type A includes information necessary to acquire systeminformation other than the SI type A from a cell. The SI type A mayinclude information for indicating a transmission bandwidthconfiguration of a cell in the downlink, and information for indicatinga System Frame Number (SFN). The SFN denotes a radio frame number.

The SI type B includes information used for evaluating whether theterminal apparatus 1 is allowed to access to a cell or not.

The SI type C may include information for a channel configuration fortransmitting a system information request. The system informationrequest is information for requesting transmission of specific systeminformation (a specific SI type, a group of specific SI types) to a cell(base station apparatus 3). The specific system information is referredto as on-demand SI (System Information).

The SI type D includes information associated with scheduling of othersystem information. The information associated with the scheduling ofother system information may include information for indicating a timewindow in which an SI type other than the SI type C is transmitted. Thetime window may be defined for each SI type. The SI type D may indicatea set of subframes in which a certain SI type can be transmitted, and/ora set of subframes in which the certain SI type cannot be transmitted.The set of subframes may be common to multiple SI types.

The SI type E includes information for a radio resource configurationcommon to multiple pieces of UE.

The SI type F includes information for cell re-selection in an intraRadio Access Technology.

The SI type G includes information for cell re-selection in a firstinter Radio Access Technology.

The SI type H includes information for cell re-selection in a secondinter Radio Access Technology.

The SI type I includes the ETWS notification.

The SI type J includes the CMAS notification.

The SI type K includes information necessary to acquire information of aMultimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS). The MBMS is a functionfor providing a multicast service. Multiple cells (base stationapparatuses 3) may simultaneously broadcast multicast service data in anidentical frequency/time resource. The multicast service data may bebroadcast by one cell (base station apparatus 3).

The SI type L includes information associated with a Global PositioningSystem (GPS) time, and a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The terminalapparatus 1 may use information included in the SI type L in order toacquire UTC, GPS (coordinates, a geographical position), and a localtime.

The SI type M includes information for traffic steering between acellular network (e.g., NX) and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

The SI type N includes information for indicating that a cell (basestation apparatus 3) supports a sidelink communication procedure. The SItype N may include information for configuring a resource associatedwith sidelink direct communication.

The SI type O includes information for indicating that a cell (basestation apparatus 3) supports a sidelink discovery procedure. The SItype O may include information for configuring a resource associatedwith sidelink direct discovery.

A sidelink is an interface between the terminal apparatuses 1 for thesidelink communication and the sidelink discovery. The sidelinkcommunication is an Access Stratum (AS) function enabling proximitybased services (ProSe) direct communication among multiple neighboringterminal apparatuses 1. The ProSe direct communication is communicationamong the multiple neighboring terminal apparatuses 1 via a path throughwhich no network node passes.

The sidelink discovery is an AS function enabling proximity basedservices (ProSe) direct discovery. The ProSe direct discovery is definedas a process/procedure for detecting and specifying another neighboringterminal apparatus 1 using a direct radio signal.

The SI type D may include information for indicating transmission of aspecific SI type supported by a cell (base station apparatus 3) and/or aspecific function supported by a cell (base station apparatus 3). Forexample, the SI type D may include information for indicating that acell (base station apparatus 3) supports the sidelink communicationand/or transmission of the SI type N associated with the sidelinkcommunication.

The system information may be classified into on-demand SI (SystemInformation) and non-demand SI (System Information). On-demand SI issystem information transmitted by the base station apparatus 3 based onreception/detection of a system information request from the terminalapparatus 1. Non-demand SI is system information transmitted by the basestation apparatus 3 regardless of reception/detection of the systeminformation request from the terminal apparatus 1. Non-demand SI may betransmitted periodically. Non-demand SI may be transmitted at a timing(subframe) predetermined by a specification or the like. A first pieceof non-demand SI may be transmitted at a timing (subframe) indicated bya second piece of non-demand SI.

The above-described SI type A to SI type O may be on-demand SI. Theabove-described SI type A to SI type O may be non-demand SI. Some of theabove-described SI type A to SI type O may be on-demand SI and theothers may be non-demand SI. The SI type A, the SI type B, the SI typeC, the SI type D, and the SI type I may be non-demand SI and the otherSI types may be on-demand SI.

Physical channels and physical signals in the present embodiment will bedescribed.

In FIG. 1, the following downlink physical channels are used fordownlink radio communication from the base station apparatus 3 to theterminal apparatus 1. The downlink physical channels are used by aphysical layer for transmitting information output from higher layers.

-   -   NX-PBCH (NX Physical Broadcast CHannel)    -   NX-PDCCH (NX Physical Downlink Control CHannel)    -   NX-PDSCH (NX Physical Downlink Shared CHannel)

The NX-PBCH may be used to broadcast non-demand SI.

The NX-PDCCH is used for transmitting downlink control information usedfor scheduling the NX-PDSCH (Narrow Band Downlink Control Information(DCI)), and downlink control information used for scheduling an NX-PUSCH(Narrow Band Physical Uplink Shared CHannel).

The NX-PDSCH is used for transmitting downlink data (Downlink SharedCHannel (DL-SCH)). The NX-PDSCH may be used for transmitting downlinkcontrol information. The NX-PDSCH may be used for transmitting thedownlink control information together with the downlink data. Theterminal apparatus 1 may decode the NX-PDSCH based onreception/detection of the downlink control information (NX-PDCCH,NX-PDSCH). The terminal apparatus 1 may decode the NX-PDSCH regardlessof the reception/detection of the downlink control information(NX-PDCCH, NX-PDSCH).

The downlink data may include on-demand SI and non-demand SI. On-demandSI and non-demand SI may be transmitted on the different NX-PDSCHs. Thatis, the on-demand SI and the non-demand SI are not necessarilytransmitted on an identical NX-PDSCH.

In FIG. 1, the following downlink physical signals are used for downlinkradio communication from the base station apparatus 3 to the terminalapparatus 1. The downlink physical signals are not used for transmittinginformation output from a higher layer, but are used by a physicallayer.

-   -   NX-SS (NX Synchronization Signal)    -   NX-DL RS (NX Downlink Reference Signal)

The NX-SS may be used for cell search. The cell search is a procedure inwhich the terminal apparatus 1 acquires time and frequencysynchronization with a cell and detects a Physical layer Cell Identity(PCI) of the cell. In a handover procedure, a PCI of a target cell maybe notified from a source cell (base station apparatus 3) to theterminal apparatus 1. A handover command may include information forindicating the PCI of the target cell. The NX-SS may be transmittedperiodically. The NX-SS may be referred to as a discovery signal (DS).

The NX-DL RS may be used in order for the terminal apparatus 1 toperform channel compensation on a downlink physical channel of a cell.The NX-DL RS may be used in order for the terminal apparatus 1 tocalculate downlink channel state information of a cell.

In FIG. 1, the following uplink physical channels are used for uplinkradio communication from the base station apparatus 3 to the terminalapparatus 1. The uplink physical channels are used by a physical layerfor transmitting information output from higher layers.

-   -   NX-PRACH (NX Physical Random Access CHannel)    -   NX-PUCCH (NX Physical Uplink Control CHannel)    -   NX-PUSCH (NX Physical Uplink Shared CHannel)

The NX-PRACH is used for transmitting a preamble (preamble sequence).The NX-PRACH may be used for a random access procedure. The NX-PRACH mayalso be used for transmitting a system information request. That is, thesystem information request may be a preamble.

A set of NX-PRACH resources for a random access procedure, and a set ofNX-PRACH resources for transmitting a system information request may beindividually configured. Information for indicating the set of NX-PRACHresources for the random access procedure may be included in on-demandSI. Information for indicating the set of NX-PRACH resources fortransmitting the system information request may be included innon-demand SI.

A preamble may be given by performing a cyclic shift on a Zadoff-Chusequence corresponding to a physical route sequence index u. TheZadoff-Chu sequence is generated based on the physical route sequenceindex u. Multiple preambles may be defined in a cell. A preamble may bespecified by a preamble index. Different preambles corresponding todifferent preamble indices correspond to different combinations of aphysical route sequence index u and a cyclic shift.

A physical route sequence index u and a cyclic shift corresponding to apreamble corresponding to a system information request may be given atleast based on information included in non-demand SI and/or a PCI. Aphysical route sequence index u and a cyclic shift corresponding to apreamble corresponding to a random access procedure, may be given atleast based on information included in on-demand SI and/or the PCI.

A preamble corresponding to a system information request may betransmitted on a physical channel other than the NX-PRACH.

A Zadoff-Chu sequence x_(u)(n) corresponding to a physical routesequence index u is given by Equation (1) below. e is the Napier'sconstant. N_(zc) is a length of the Zadoff-Chu sequence X_(u)(n). n isan integer incremented from 0 to N_(zc)−1.

$\begin{matrix}{{{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; {{un}{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

A preamble (preamble sequence) x_(u,v)(n) is given by Equation (2)below. C_(v) is a value of a cyclic shift. X mod Y is a functionoutputting a remainder obtained by dividing X by Y.

x _(u,v)(n)=x _(u)((n+C _(v))mod N _(ZC))  [Equation 2]

The NX-PUCCH may be used for transmitting uplink control information.The uplink control information may include Hybrid Automatic RepeatreQuest ACKnowledgment (HARQ-ACK) and channel state informationcorresponding to the NX-PDSCH (downlink data).

The NX-PUSCH may be used for transmitting uplink data (UpLink-SharedCHannel (UL-SCH)) and/or uplink control information. The uplink data mayinclude a system information request.

In FIG. 1, the following uplink physical signals are used for uplinkradio communication from the base station apparatus 3 to the terminalapparatus 1. The uplink physical signal is not used for transmission ofinformation output from the higher layer, but is used by the physicallayer.

-   -   NX-UL RS (Narrow Band Downlink Reference Signal)

The NX-UL RS may be used in order for the base station apparatus 3 toperform channel compensation of uplink physical channel.

The downlink physical channels and the downlink physical signals arecollectively referred to as a downlink signal. The uplink physicalchannels and the uplink physical signals are collectively referred to asan uplink signal. The downlink physical channels and the uplink physicalchannels are collectively referred to as a physical channel. Thedownlink physical signals and the uplink physical signals arecollectively referred to as a physical signal.

The DL-SCH is a transport channel. A channel used in a Medium AccessControl (MAC) layer is referred to as a transport channel. A unit of thetransport channel used in the MAC layer is also referred to as atransport block (TB) or a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU). A HybridAutomatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) is controlled for each transport blockin the MAC layer. The transport block is a unit of data that the MAClayer delivers to the physical layer. In the physical layer, thetransport block is mapped to a codeword and subjected to codingprocessing on a codeword-by-codeword basis.

The transport block may include data of a Signalling Radio Bearer (SRB),and data of a Data Radio Bearer (DRB). The SRB is defined as a radiobearer used only for transmitting a Radio Resource Control (RRC) messageand a Non Access Stratum (NAS) message. The DRB is defined as a radiobearer for transmitting user data.

The base station apparatus 3 and the terminal apparatus 1 exchange(transmit and/or receive) a signal in the higher layer. For example, thebase station apparatus 3 and the terminal apparatus 1 may transmitand/or receive, in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer, RRC signalling(also referred to as a Radio Resource Controlmessage (RRC message) orRadio Resource Control information (RRC information)). Furthermore, thebase station apparatus 3 and the terminal apparatus 1 may transmitand/or receive, in the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, a MAC ControlElement (CE). Here, the RRC signalling and/or the MAC CE is alsoreferred to as higher layer signaling.

Hereinafter, a channel configuration for transmitting a systeminformation request will be described.

The channel configuration for transmitting a system information requestmay be common to multiple terminal apparatuses 1. Non-demand SI mayinclude information for configuring a channel for transmitting a systeminformation request. The information for configuring a channel fortransmitting a system information request may include some or all of thefollowing information A to information I.

-   -   Information A: Information for indicating whether a system        information request is transmitted as a preamble, a message, or        both the preamble and the message    -   Information B: Information for indicating a frequency/time        resource for transmitting a system information request    -   Information C: Information for indicating a length of a        Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to a preamble    -   Information D: Information for indicating a physical route        sequence index u corresponding to a preamble    -   Information E: Information for indicating a cyclic shift applied        to a Zadoff-Chu sequence corresponding to a preamble    -   Information F: Information for indicating subcarrier spacings of        a channel used for transmitting a system information request    -   Information G: Information for indicating a length of a Cyclic        Prefix (CP) applied to a preamble    -   Information H: Information for indicating the number of times        that a preamble or a message is repeatedly transmitted in one        transmission instance of a system information request    -   Information I: Information for indicating a parameter used for        setting transmit power for transmitting a system information        request

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a set of resources fortransmitting a system information request in the present embodiment. InFIG. 4, the horizontal axis represents a time axis, and the verticalaxis represents a frequency axis. A reference sign 700 denotes aresource belonging to a first set. A reference sign 701 denotes aresource belonging to a second set. A resource 700 may correspond to afirst SI type, or a first group to which multiple SI types belong. Aresource 701 may correspond to a second SI type, or a second group towhich multiple SI types belong. The first group and the second group mayinclude identical SI types. Note that, the first group and the secondgroup may include different SI types.

Transmission of a system information request may be divided intotransmission of a system information request A and transmission of asystem information request B. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustratingan example of a procedure for a system information request in thepresent embodiment. In 500, the terminal apparatus 1 transmits thesystem information request A to the base station apparatus 3. The systeminformation request A may be a preamble transmitted on the NX-PRACH. In501, the base station apparatus 3 transmits information for assigning aresource (resource assignment) corresponding to the received preamble.In 502, the terminal apparatus 1 transmits the system informationrequest B based on the received resource assignment. The systeminformation request B may include a message (information bit) forindicating an SI type (information block) to which the systeminformation request corresponds. In 503, the base station apparatus 3may transmit on-demand SI of the SI type indicated by the systeminformation request B, based on reception of the system informationrequest B.

Hereinafter, system information update will be described.

The base station apparatus 3 may transmit a system information change. Asystem information change may indicate that on-demand SI and/ornon-demand SI will be updated. A system information change may indicatethat on-demand SI and/or non-demand SI was updated. Non-demand SI mayinclude information for indicating that a timing at which on-demand SIand non-demand SI will be updated.

Non-demand SI may include information for indicating a subframe formonitoring a system information change.

A system information change is not included in non-demand SI. A systeminformation change may be included in on-demand SI. A system informationchange may be included in the NX-PDCCH or the NX-PDSCH. A systeminformation change and/or on-demand SI may indicate SI types to beupdated. The terminal apparatus 1 may attempt to decode on-demand SI forindicating SI types to be updated, based on reception of a systeminformation change.

In a case that a system information change and/or on-demand SI indicateson-demand SI update of interest, the terminal apparatus 1 may transmit asystem information request corresponding to the on-demand SI ofinterest.

A method for deciding an SI type (information block) to which a systeminformation request corresponds will be described.

A system information request may include a message (information bit) forindicating an SI type (information block) to which the systeminformation request corresponds. In this case, the system informationrequest may be included in uplink data and transmitted on the NX-PUSCH.The terminal apparatus 1 may set a value of the message (informationbit), based on an SI type that the terminal apparatus 1 requests thebase station apparatus 3 to transmit. The base station apparatus 3,based on reception of the message (information bit), may transmit an SItype corresponding to the value of the information bit. The message(information bit) may be transmitted on the NX-PUSCH.

A system information request may include the above-described preamble.In a case that a system information request is a preamble, an SI type(information block) to which the system information request correspondsmay be given by a preamble index (a physical route sequence index u anda cyclic shift C_(v)). The terminal apparatus 1, based on an SI typethat the terminal apparatus 1 requests the base station apparatus 3 totransmit, may decide a preamble index (a physical route sequence indexu, and a cyclic shift C_(v)). The base station apparatus 3, based onreception of a preamble corresponding to the preamble index (thephysical route sequence index u, and the cyclic shift C_(v)) maytransmit an SI type corresponding to the preamble index. Non-demand SImay include information for indicating correspondence between a preambleindex (a physical route sequence index u, and a cyclic shift C_(v)) andan SI type.

An SI type (information block) to which a system information requestcorresponds may be given by a resource to which the system informationrequest is transmitted. The base station apparatus 3 may transmitnon-demand SI for indicating multiple sets of resources for transmittinga system information request. Each of the multiple sets may correspondto a different SI type. That is, for each of SI types to which thesystem information request corresponds, a set of resources may beconfigured. For example, a first set of resources for transmitting asystem information request corresponding to a first SI type and a secondset of resources for transmitting a system information requestcorresponding to a second SI type may be individually configured.

The terminal apparatus 1 may select one set from the multiple sets,based on an SI type that the terminal apparatus 1 requests the basestation apparatus 3 to transmit. The terminal apparatus 1 may select oneresource from the selected one set. The terminal apparatus 1 mayrandomly select one resource from the selected one set.

The base station apparatus 3, based on a resource that the base stationapparatus 3 has received a system information request, may transmit anSI type corresponding to the resource. The base station apparatus 3,based on a set of resources to which a resource that the base stationapparatus 3 has received a system information request corresponds, maytransmit an SI type corresponding to the set.

A resource to which a system information request is transmitted may becommon to multiple terminal apparatuses 1. Information for indicatingthe resource to which the system information request is transmitted maybe included in non-demand SI common to the multiple terminal apparatuses1.

An SI type (information block) to which a system information requestcorresponds may be decided by combining the above-described multiplemethods. For example, an SI type (information block) to which a systeminformation request corresponds may be decided by a value of a message(information bit), a preamble index, a physical route sequence index u,a cyclic shift C_(v), and some or all of resources to which the systeminformation request is transmitted.

The terminal apparatus 1 may select one set from multiple sets ofresources for transmitting a system information request, at least basedon an identifier detected based on the NX-SS (for example, a PCI of acell, an identifier of the base station apparatus 3), an identifier ofthe terminal apparatus 1, and/or a value that the terminal apparatus 1stores in advance. The terminal apparatus 1 may select one resource fromthe selected one set. The terminal apparatus 1 may randomly select oneresource from the selected one set. A value that the terminal apparatus1 holds in advance may be a value that is stored in a memory in advancethat the terminal apparatus 1 can read from.

A system information request may include an identity or identifier ofthe terminal apparatus 1, an identity or identifier indicated bynon-demand SI, and/or information for indicating a geographical positionof the terminal apparatus 1. The base station apparatus 3 may transmitsystem information only in a specific area of a cell, based on receptionof the system information request.

Hereinafter, retransmission of a system information request will bedescribed.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a retransmissionprocess of a system information request in the present embodiment. In600, the terminal apparatus 1 transmits a system information request toa cell (base station apparatus 3). In 601, the base station apparatus 3transmits, based on reception of the system information request, duringa monitoring window 603, on-demand SI corresponding to the systeminformation request. In 602, the base station apparatus 3 may retransmitthe on-demand SI, during the monitoring window 603.

The monitoring window 603 is a duration in which the terminal apparatus1 monitors on-demand SI. The monitoring of on-demand SI may denote anattempt to decode on-demand SI or the NX-PDSCH including on-demand SI.The monitoring of on-demand SI may denote an attempt to decode theNX-PDCCH in accordance with downlink control information used forscheduling on-demand SI.

The terminal apparatus 1 may not necessarily monitor on-demand SI, insome subframes during the monitoring window 603. The terminal apparatus1 may monitor on-demand SI, in subframes other than the some subframesduring the monitoring window 603. The base station apparatus 3 may notnecessarily transmit on-demand SI, in some subframes during themonitoring window 603. The base station apparatus 3 may transmiton-demand SI, in subframes other than the some subframes during themonitoring window 603. Information for indicating the some subframes andthe subframes other than the some subframes may be included innon-demand SI.

In 604, the terminal apparatus 1, in a case that all pieces of on-demandSI to which the system information request corresponds cannot be decodedsuccessfully during the monitoring window 603, retransmits the systeminformation request. The terminal apparatus 1, in a case that all piecesof on-demand SI to which the system information request corresponds aredecoded successfully during the monitoring window 603, does notretransmit the system information request.

The terminal apparatus 1 may count transmission times of the systeminformation requests. The terminal apparatus 1 may count retransmissiontimes of the system information requests. The transmission times may bemanaged by a counter. The terminal apparatus 1 may not necessarily resetthe counter, even in a case that an SI type requested to a cell (basestation apparatus 3) is changed. The terminal apparatus 1 may reset thecounter, in the case that the SI type requested to the cell (basestation apparatus 3) is changed. The terminal apparatus 1 may reset thecounter, only in a case that the SI type requested to the cell (basestation apparatus 3) is changed to a specific SI type. The terminalapparatus 1 may decide whether to reset the counter, based on SI type towhich the SI type requested to the cell (base station apparatus 3) ischanged. The terminal apparatus 1, in a case that all pieces ofon-demand SI to which the system information request corresponds aredecoded successfully, may reset the counter to zero. The terminalapparatus 1, immediately before performing initial transmission ofsystem information request information, may reset the counter to zero.

The terminal apparatus 1 may start a timer based on the initialtransmission of the system information request. The terminal apparatus 1may not necessarily restart the counter, even in the case that the SItype requested to the cell (base station apparatus 3) is changed. Theterminal apparatus 1 may restart the timer, in the case that the SI typerequested to the cell (base station apparatus 3) is changed. Theterminal apparatus 1 may restart the timer, only in the case that the SItype requested to the cell (base station apparatus 3) is changed to aspecific SI type. The terminal apparatus 1 may decide whether to restartthe timer, based on SI type to which the SI type requested to the cell(base station apparatus 3) is changed. The terminal apparatus 1 mayretransmit the system information request while the timer is running.The terminal apparatus 1 may not necessarily retransmit the systeminformation request while the timer is not running. The terminalapparatus 1, in the case that the all pieces of on-demand SI to whichthe system information request corresponds are decoded successfully, maystop the timer.

The terminal apparatus 1, in a case that transmission times of thesystem information requests reach a prescribed value (maximum value), orin a case that the above-described timer expires, may perform some orall of the following process A, process B, and process C.

-   -   Process A: A cell selection procedure is started    -   Process B: Transmission failure of a system information request,        reception failure of on-demand SI, update failure of on-demand        SI, establishment failure of an RRC connection, and/or Radio        Link Failure (RLF) are notified to higher layers of the terminal        apparatus 1    -   Process C: Transmission failure of a system information request,        reception failure of on-demand SI, and/or update failure of        on-demand SI are reported to a cell (base station apparatus 3)

The terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLE, in the case that the transmissiontimes of the system information requests reach the prescribed value(maximum value), or in the case that the above-described timer expires,may perform the process A and the process B, and may not necessarilyperform the process C. The terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_CoNNECTED, in thecase that transmission times of the system information requests reachthe prescribed value (maximum value), or in the case that theabove-described timer expires, may perform the process C, and may notnecessarily perform the process A and the process B.

Information associated with a configuration of the above-describedprescribed value (maximum value), and information associated with aconfiguration of the above-described timer may be included in non-demandSI. The information associated with the configuration of theabove-described prescribed value (maximum value) may indicate theabove-described prescribed value (maximum value). The informationassociated with the configuration of the above-described timer mayindicate a length of the above-described timer.

The above-described prescribed value (maximum value) and the length ofthe above-described timer may be predetermined by a specification or thelike. The above-described prescribed value (maximum value) may be one.

Higher layers of the terminal apparatus 1 in RRC_IDLE may store that acause of RLF is transmission failure of a system information request,reception failure of on-demand SI, and/or update failure of on-demandSI. The terminal apparatus 1 whose state is changed from RRC_IDLE toRRC_CONNECTED may report that a cause of RLF is transmission failure ofa system information request, reception failure of on-demand SI, and/orupdate failure of on-demand SI to a cell (base station apparatus 3).

Hereinafter, a monitoring window will be described.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring window inthe present embodiment. A start time of a monitoring window 700 may begiven by a transmission time of a system information request. 707denotes a duration between system information request transmission 704and the monitoring window 700 corresponding to the system informationrequest transmission 704. A length of the duration denoted by thereference sign 707 may be predetermined by a specification or the like.Non-demand SI may include information for indicating the length of theduration denoted by the reference sign 707 and/or information forindicating a length of the monitoring window 700.

A reference sign 701 denotes a window corresponding to a first SI typeon-demand SI. A reference sign 702 denotes a window corresponding to asecond SI type on-demand SI. A reference sign 703 denotes a windowcorresponding to a third SI type on-demand SI.

The base station apparatus 3, during the window 701 corresponding to thefirst SI type on-demand SI, may transmit a first SI type on-demand SI705. The terminal apparatus 1, during the window 701 corresponding tothe first SI type on-demand SI, may monitor the first SI type on-demandSI 705. The base station apparatus 3, during a window 702 correspondingto the second SI type on-demand SI, may transmit a second SI typeon-demand SI 706. The terminal apparatus 1, during the window 702corresponding to the second SI type on-demand SI, may monitor the secondSI type on-demand SI 706.

A window corresponding to an Xth SI type on-demand SI may be given byinformation included in non-demand SI. A duration of the windowcorresponding to the Xth SI type on-demand SI may be given regardless ofa transmission time of a system information request. The duration of thewindow corresponding to the Xth SI type on-demand SI may be given by astart time, an end time, a window length, a repetition cycle, or thelike.

The duration of the window corresponding to the Xth SI type on-demand SImay be given regardless of the transmission time of the systeminformation request.

In FIG. 6, the system information request transmission 704 requeststransmission of the first SI type on-demand SI 705 and the second typeon-demand SI 706. The terminal apparatus 1, during the monitoring window700, in a case that the first type on-demand SI 705 and the second typeon-demand SI 706 are decoded successfully, may end processing associatedwith on-demand SI reception. The terminal apparatus 1, during themonitoring window 700, in a case that the first type on-demand SI 705and the second type on-demand SI 706 are not decoded successfully, mayperform processing associated with system information requestretransmission.

The monitoring window 700 may be expressed by a monitoring timer. Theterminal apparatus 1 may start the monitoring timer at a time 709. Themonitoring timer expires at a time 710. The terminal apparatus 1 mayperform processing associated with the system information requestretransmission, based on the monitoring timer expiration. The terminalapparatus 1, in the case that the first type on-demand SI 705 and thesecond type on-demand SI 706 are decoded successfully, may stop themonitoring timer, and end the processing associated with on-demand SIreception.

In the present embodiment, the above-described information indicated bythe non-demand SI may be indicated by the NX-SS. For example, theabove-described information indicated by the non-demand SI may beexpressed by an NX-SS sequence, an NX-SS resource, and/or a message(information bit) transmitted together with the NX-SS.

Structures of apparatuses according to the present embodiment will bedescribed below.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of aterminal apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. Asillustrated, the terminal apparatus 1 is configured to include a radiotransmission and/or reception unit 10 and a higher layer processing unit14. The radio transmission and/or reception unit 10 is configured toinclude an antenna unit 11, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit 12, and abaseband unit 13. The higher layer processing unit 14 is configured toinclude a medium access control layer processing unit 15 and a radioresource control layer processing unit 16. The radio transmission and/orreception unit 10 is also referred to as a transmitter, a receiver, or aphysical layer processing unit.

The higher layer processing unit 14 outputs uplink data (transportblock) generated by a user operation or the like, to the radiotransmission and/or reception unit 10. The higher layer processing unit14 performs processing of the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, thePacket Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio Link Control(RLC) layer, and the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer.

The medium access control layer processing unit 15 included in thehigher layer processing unit 14 performs processing of the Medium AccessControl layer.

The radio resource control layer processing unit 16 included in thehigher layer processing unit 14 performs processing of the RadioResource Control layer. The radio resource control layer processing unit16 manages the various types of configuration information/parameters ofthe terminal apparatus 1. The radio resource control layer processingunit 16 sets the various types of configuration information/parameters,based on higher layer signaling received from the base station apparatus3. That is, the radio resource control layer processing unit 16 sets thevarious types of configuration information/parameters, based oninformation indicating the various types of configurationinformation/parameters received from the base station apparatus 3.

The radio transmission and/or reception unit 10 performs processing ofthe physical layer, such as modulation, demodulation, coding, anddecoding. The radio transmission and/or reception unit 10 demultiplexes,demodulates, and decodes a signal received from the base stationapparatus 3, and outputs the information resulting from the decoding tothe higher layer processing unit 14. The radio transmission and/orreception unit 10 modulates and codes data to generate a transmitsignal, and transmits the transmit signal to the base station apparatus3.

The RF unit 12 converts (down-converts) a signal received via theantenna unit 11 into a baseband signal by orthogonal demodulation andremoves unnecessary frequency components. The RF unit 12 outputs theprocessed analog signal to the baseband unit.

The baseband unit 13 converts the analog signal input from the RF unit12 into a digital signal. The baseband unit 13 removes a portioncorresponding to a Cyclic Prefix (CP) from the digital signal resultingfrom the conversion, performs Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the signalfrom which the CP has been removed, and extracts a signal in thefrequency domain.

The baseband unit 13 performs Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) ondata, generates an SC-FDMA symbol, attaches a CP to the generatedSC-FDMA symbol, generates a baseband digital signal, and converts thebaseband digital signal into an analog signal. The baseband unit 13outputs the analog signal resulting from the conversion, to the RF unit12.

The RF unit 12 removes unnecessary frequency components from the analogsignal input from the baseband unit 13 using a low-pass filter,up-converts the analog signal into a signal of a carrier frequency, andtransmits the final result via the antenna unit 11. Furthermore, the RFunit 12 amplifies power. Furthermore, the RF unit 12 may have a functionof controlling transmit power. The RF unit 12 is also referred to as atransmit power controller.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of abase station apparatus 3 according to the present embodiment. Asillustrated, the base station apparatus 3 is configured to include aradio transmission and/or reception unit 30 and a higher layerprocessing unit 34. The radio transmission and/or reception unit 30 isconfigured to include an antenna unit 31, an RF unit 32, and a basebandunit 33. The higher layer processing unit 34 is configured to include amedium access control layer processing unit 35 and a radio resourcecontrol layer processing unit 36. The radio transmission and/orreception unit 30 is also referred to as a transmitter, a receiver, or aphysical layer processing unit.

The higher layer processing unit 34 performs processing of the MediumAccess Control (MAC) layer, the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)layer, the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and the Radio ResourceControl (RRC) layer.

The medium access control layer processing unit 35 included in thehigher layer processing unit 34 performs processing of the Medium AccessControl layer.

The radio resource control layer processing unit 36 included in thehigher layer processing unit 34 performs processing of the RadioResource Control layer. The radio resource control layer processing unit36 generates, or acquires from a higher node, downlink data (transportblock) arranged on a physical downlink shared channel, systeminformation, an RRC message, a MAC Control Element (CE), and the like,and outputs the generated or acquired data to the radio transmissionand/or reception unit 30. Furthermore, the radio resource control layerprocessing unit 36 manages various types of configurationinformation/parameters for each of the terminal apparatuses 1. The radioresource control layer processing unit 36 may set various types ofconfiguration information/parameters for each of the terminalapparatuses 1 via the higher layer signaling. In other words, the radioresource control layer processing unit 36 transmits/broadcastsinformation indicating various types of configurationinformation/parameters.

The functionality of the radio transmission and/or reception unit 30 issimilar to that of the radio transmission and/or reception unit 10, andhence description thereof is omitted.

Each of the units having the reference signs 10 to 16 included in theterminal apparatus 1 may be configured as a circuit. Each of the unitshaving the reference signs 30 to 36 included in the base stationapparatus 3 may be configured as a circuit.

Aspects of the terminal apparatus 1 according to the present embodimentwill be described below.

(1) A first aspect of the present embodiment is the terminal apparatus 1that includes a receiver 10 for receiving non-demand SI (SystemInformation) including information for indicating on-demand SI supportedby a cell, and

a transmitter 10 for transmitting a system information request torequest transmission of on-demand SI supported by the cell.

(2) In the first aspect of the present embodiment, the on-demand SI istransmitted based on the system information request, and the non-demandSI is transmitted regardless of the system information request.

(3) A second aspect of the present embodiment is the base stationapparatus 3 that includes a transmitter 30 for transmitting non-demandSI (System Information) including information for indicating on-demandSI supported by a cell, and

a receiver 30 for receiving a system information request to requesttransmission of on-demand SI supported by the cell.

(4) In the second aspect of the present embodiment, the on-demand SI istransmitted based on the system information request, and the non-demandSI is transmitted regardless of the system information request.

(5) A third aspect of the present embodiment is the terminal apparatus 1that includes the receiver 10 for receiving multiple pieces of on-demandSI (System Information), and the transmitter 10 for transmitting asystem information request to request transmission of a first piece ofon-demand SI among the multiple pieces of on-demand SI.

(6) In the third aspect of the present embodiment, the systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI is transmitted in a resource belonging to a first setcorresponding to the first piece of on-demand SI among multiple sets ofresources for transmitting the system information request.

(7) In the third aspect of the present embodiment, the receiver 10receives non-demand SI including information for indicating the multiplesets, the multiple sets include at least a first set corresponding tothe first piece of on-demand SI, and a second set corresponding to asecond piece of on-demand SI, and the non-demand SI is transmittedregardless of the system information request.

(8) In the third aspect of the present embodiment, the systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI includes a preamble sequence corresponding to the firstpiece of on-demand SI.

(9) In the third aspect of the present embodiment, the receiver 10receives non-demand SI including information for indicating the preamblesequence, and the non-demand SI is transmitted regardless of the systeminformation request.

(10) A fourth aspect of the present embodiment is the base stationapparatus 3 that includes the transmitter 30 for transmitting multiplepieces of on-demand SI (System Information), and the receiver 30 forreceiving a system information request to request transmission of afirst piece of on-demand SI among the multiple pieces of on-demand SI.

(11) In the fourth aspect of the present embodiment, the systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI is received in a resource belonging to a first setcorresponding to the first piece of on-demand SI among the multiple setsof resources for transmitting the system information request.

(12) In the fourth aspect of the present embodiment, the transmitter 30transmits non-demand SI including information for indicating themultiple sets, the multiple sets include at least a first setcorresponding to the first piece of on-demand SI, and a second setcorresponding to a second piece of on-demand SI, and the non-demand SIis transmitted regardless of the system information request.

(13) In the fourth aspect of the present embodiment, the systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI includes a preamble sequence corresponding to the firstpiece of on-demand SI.

(14) In the fourth aspect of the present embodiment, the transmitter 30receives non-demand SI including information for indicating the preamblesequence, and the non-demand SI is transmitted regardless of the systeminformation request.

(15) A fifth aspect of the present embodiment is the terminal apparatus1 that includes the transmitter 10 for transmitting a system informationrequest to request transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI amongmultiple pieces of on-demand SI, and the receiver 10 for monitoring thefirst piece of on-demand SI based on transmission of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, in which the first piece of on-demand SI is monitoredduring a first window included in a monitoring window, a duration of themonitoring window is at least based on a transmission timing of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, the first window is given at least based on informationincluded in non-demand SI, the on-demand SI is transmitted based on thesystem information request, and the non-demand SI is transmittedregardless of the system information request.

(16) In the fifth aspect of the present embodiment, the first window isgiven regardless of the transmission timing of the system informationrequest to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI.

(17) In the fifth aspect of the present embodiment, a length of themonitoring window is given based on information included in thenon-demand SI.

(18) A sixth aspect of the present embodiment is the base stationapparatus 3 that includes the receiver 30 for receiving a systeminformation request to request transmission of a first piece ofon-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI, and the transmitter30 for transmitting the first piece of on-demand SI based on receptionof a system information request to request transmission of the firstpiece of on-demand SI, in which the first piece of on-demand SI istransmitted during a first window included in a monitoring window, aduration of the monitoring window is at least based on a receptiontiming of a system information request to request transmission of thefirst piece of on-demand SI, the first window is given at least based oninformation included in non-demand SI, the on-demand SI is transmittedbased on the system information request, and the non-demand SI istransmitted regardless of the system information request.

(19) In the sixth aspect of the present embodiment, the first window isgiven regardless of a transmission timing of the system informationrequest to request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI.

(20) In the sixth aspect of the present embodiment, a length of themonitoring window is given based on information included in thenon-demand SI.

Accordingly, system information is effectively transmitted.

The base station apparatus 3 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention can also be achieved as an aggregation (an apparatus group)constituted of multiple apparatuses. Each of the apparatusesconstituting the apparatus group may include some or all portions ofeach function or each functional block of the base station apparatus 3according to the above-described embodiment. The apparatus group mayinclude each general function or each functional block of the basestation apparatus 3. Furthermore, the terminal apparatus 1 according tothe above-described embodiment can also communicate with the basestation apparatus as the aggregation.

Furthermore, the base station apparatus 3 according to theabove-described embodiment may serve as an Evolved Universal TerrestrialRadio Access Network (EUTRAN). Furthermore, the base station apparatus 3according to the above-described embodiment may have some or allportions of functions of a node higher than an eNodeB.

A program running on an apparatus according to an aspect of the presentinvention may serve as a program that controls a Central Processing Unit(CPU) and the like, and causes a computer to operate in such a manner asto enable the functions of the above-described embodiment according toan aspect of the present invention. Programs or the information handledby the programs are temporarily read into a volatile memory, such as aRandom Access Memory (RAM) while being processed, or stored in anon-volatile memory, such as a flash memory, or a Hard Disk Drive (HDD),and then read by the CPU to be modified or rewritten, as necessary.

Moreover, the apparatuses in the above-described embodiment may bepartially enabled by a computer. In such a case, a program for enablingsuch control functions may be recorded on a computer-readable recordingmedium to cause a computer system to read and perform the programrecorded on the recording medium. It is assumed that the “computersystem” refers to a computer system built into the apparatuses, and thecomputer system includes an operating system and hardware componentssuch as a peripheral device. Furthermore, the “computer-readablerecording medium” may be any of a semiconductor recording medium, anoptical recording medium, a magnetic recording medium, and the like.

Moreover, the “computer-readable recording medium” may include a mediumthat dynamically retains a program for a short period of time, such as acommunication line that is used to transmit the program over a networksuch as the Internet or over a communication line such as a telephoneline, and may also include a medium that retains a program for a fixedperiod of time, such as a volatile memory within the computer system forfunctioning as a server or a client in such a case. Furthermore, theabove-described program may be configured to enable some of thefunctions described above, and additionally may be configured to enablethe functions described above, in combination with a program alreadyrecorded in the computer system.

Furthermore, each functional block or various characteristics of theapparatuses used in the above-described embodiment may be mounted orperformed on an electric circuit, that is, typically an integratedcircuit or multiple integrated circuits. An electric circuit designed toperform the functions described in the present specification may includea general-purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), anApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gatesor transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or a combinationthereof. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or theprocessor may be a processor of known type, a controller, amicro-controller, or a state machine instead. The general-purposeprocessor or the above-mentioned circuits may be constituted of adigital circuit, or may be constituted of an analog circuit.Furthermore, in a case that with advances in semiconductor technology, acircuit integration technology appears that replaces the presentintegrated circuits, it is also possible to use an integrated circuitbased on the technology.

Note that the invention of the present patent application is not limitedto the above-described embodiments. In the embodiment, apparatuses havebeen described as an example, but the invention of the presentapplication is not limited to these apparatuses, and is applicable to aterminal apparatus or a communication device of a fixed-type or astationary-type electronic apparatus installed indoors or outdoors, forexample, an AV apparatus, a kitchen apparatus, a cleaning or washingmachine, an air-conditioning apparatus, office equipment, a vendingmachine, and other household apparatus.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detailabove referring to the drawings, but the specific configuration is notlimited to the embodiments and includes, for example, an amendment to adesign that falls within the scope that does not depart from the gist ofthe present invention. Furthermore, various modifications are possiblewithin the scope of an embodiment of the present invention defined byclaims, and embodiments that are made by suitably combining technicalmeans disclosed according to the different embodiments are also includedin the technical scope of an embodiment of the present invention.Furthermore, a configuration in which a constituent element thatachieves the same effect is substituted for the one that is described inthe embodiments is also included in the technical scope of the presentinvention.

CROSS-REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority based on JP 2016-019541 filed in Japanon Feb. 4, 2016, and the contents of which are incorporated herein byreference.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

-   1 (1A, 1B, 1C) Terminal apparatus-   3 Base station apparatus-   10 Radio transmission and/or reception unit-   11 Antenna unit-   12 RF unit-   13 Baseband unit-   14 Higher layer processing unit-   15 Medium access control layer processing unit-   16 Radio resource control layer processing unit-   30 Radio transmission and/or reception unit-   31 Antenna unit-   32 RF unit-   33 Baseband unit-   34 Higher layer processing unit-   35 Medium access control layer processing unit-   36 Radio resource control layer processing unit

1. A terminal apparatus, comprising: a transmitter configured totransmit a system information request to request transmission of a firstpiece of on-demand SI among multiple pieces of on-demand SI; and areceiver configured to acquire the first piece of on-demand SI, whereinthe first piece of on-demand SI is monitored during a first windowincluded in a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window isat least based on a transmission timing of a system information requestto request transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and thefirst window is given at least based on information included innon-demand SI.
 2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, whereinthe first window is given regardless of a transmission timing of thesystem information request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI.
 3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein alength of the monitoring window is given based on information includedin the non-demand SI.
 4. A base station apparatus, comprising: areceiver configured to receive a system information request to requesttransmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiple pieces ofon-demand SI; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first pieceof on-demand SI, wherein the first piece of on-demand SI is transmittedduring a first window included in a monitoring window, a duration of themonitoring window is at least based on a reception timing of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, and the first window is given at least based oninformation included in non-demand SI.
 5. The base station apparatusaccording to claim 4, wherein the first window is given regardless of areception timing of the system information request to requesttransmission of the first piece of on-demand SI.
 6. The base stationapparatus according to claim 4, wherein a length of the monitoringwindow is given based on information included in the non-demand SI.
 7. Acommunication method used for a terminal apparatus, the methodcomprising: transmitting a system information request to requesttransmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiple pieces ofon-demand SI; and acquiring the first piece of on-demand SI, wherein thefirst piece of on-demand SI is monitored during a first window includedin a monitoring window, a duration of the monitoring window is at leastbased on a transmission timing of a system information request torequest transmission of the first piece of on-demand SI, and the firstwindow is given at least based on information included in non-demand SI.8. The communication method according to claim 7, wherein the firstwindow is given regardless of a transmission timing of the systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI.
 9. The communication method according to claim 7, whereina length of the monitoring window is given based on information includedin the non-demand SI.
 10. A communication method used for a base stationapparatus, the method comprising: receiving a system information requestto request transmission of a first piece of on-demand SI among multiplepieces of on-demand SI; and transmitting the first piece of on-demandSI, wherein the first piece of on-demand SI is transmitted during afirst window included in a monitoring window, a duration of themonitoring window is at least based on a reception timing of a systeminformation request to request transmission of the first piece ofon-demand SI, and the first window is given at least based oninformation included in non-demand SI.
 11. The communication methodaccording to claim 10, wherein the first window is given regardless of areception timing of the system information request to requesttransmission of the first piece of on-demand SI.
 12. The communicationmethod according to claim 10, wherein a length of the monitoring windowis given based on information included in the non-demand SI. 13-18.(canceled)